The X Factor (tv program)

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's production of the hit Broadway musical "Les Miserables" promises to be epic. It has set festival records in seemingly every way. It is the most expensive production ever mounted at the festival. It has the largest cast — 37 members — and 200 costume changes, most in the first 15 minutes. It features the most Broadway and recording stars, as well as a record 13 Equity actors. It smashed the record for ticket sales before it even opened. The production is expected to sell out. "It's massive," says Patrick Mulcahy, producing artistic director. "It's Shakespearean in both scope and scale." He...

Our boys have been X-ed out. 4Shore won't get to sing live on Fox television's "The X Factor" after all. The vocal quartet was eliminated last night as the show's four judges trimmed the field from 32 to 17.Judge/coach Paula Abdul was assigned...

Tonight, the Fox reality show "The X Factor" will trim its field of 32 performers down to 16, which means we'll learn whether Virginia Beach vocal group 4Shore will get to move ahead in the competition.
Based on the action in previously...

On Friday, Oct. 7, Virginia Beach's 4Shore will make its first local public appearance since stepping into the national spotlight on the Fox television show "The X Factor" last week.The R&B vocal quartet will perform at halftime of the...

One of the stars of Wednesday's episode of "The X Factor" on Fox television was a group called 4Shore from Virginia Beach, Va. The a cappella quartet sang the Boyz II Men hit "End of the Road" and blew the judges away.
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Boy bands will be boys. First, Zayn Malik up and quits One Direction shortly before this summer's massive U.S. tour. Now, Louis Tomlinson, the oldest member of One Direction, gets his lady friend pregnant. Which direction is 1D headed? "The...

Zayn Malik says he worries that he's let One Direction fans down by leaving the world-conquering boy band, but couldn't carry on in a role that made him unhappy.
Malik quit the group this week, saying he wanted "to be a normal 22-year-old."...

It's an indication of how quickly life moves for the lads of One Direction that their idea of ancient history appears to be 2012.
That's when Harry Styles — the youngest (and arguably dreamiest) member of this British boy band — was 18, an age he and his...

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - ROME - Italy's singing nun, Sister Cristina Scuccia, who won "The Voice of Italy" in June, has released a cover of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" as her first single, ahead of a forthcoming album. The 26-year-old...

Earlier this spring, Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton were trading stories about the two-week writing camp that yielded their debut album, "It's About Us." The late-hour bursts of boozy creativity and morning hikes under the Malibu sun are...

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Simone Battle, member of the pop group G.R.L. and former "X Factor" finalist, was found dead on Friday in her West Hollywood home, her record label confirmed. She was 25.
Battle's body was...

Broad of shoulder and booming of voice, Bob Romeo is a memorable guy with a seemingly memorable job title: chief executive of the Academy of Country Music.
Based in Encino, it's one of that genre's two principal trade groups along with Nashville's...

In Zedd's latest club number, "Find You," he implores the listener to "turn up your night."
The Russian-born DJ and producer's electro-house number is a quintessential dance club anthem, but there's also something more at work here...

Simon Cowell was sharing the love over the weekend on Twitter, posting pics of Eric, his new son with girlfriend Lauren Silverman.
"I never knew how much love and pride I would feel," read "The X Factor" judge's caption on the photo...

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Not so long ago, Simon Cowell was probably the most powerful man on American TV.
His cranky, caustic judging had helped make "American Idol" an invincible No. 1 hit. As a producer, he makes...

Simon Cowell raced across the Atlantic Ocean on Friday and it was worth the effort: His son with girlfriend Lauren Silverman was born in New York on Valentine's Day.
Cowell, 54, hopped a jet in London after getting word that Silverman was in labor and...

Sharp-tongued Simon Cowell arrived in the U.S. from Britain 12 years ago as the face of a show so powerful that competitors coined it the "Death Star" because it destroyed everything around it.
But Cowell's effort to follow...

After three seasons on Fox, the American version of "The X Factor" has been canceled, the network announced Friday. And with that cancellation, "X Factor" creator Simon Cowell is headed back to his native England to be a judge on...

Simon Cowell is closing up shop on the U.S. version of "The X Factor."
Fox, along with Syco and FremantleMedia, announced the show has concluded its stateside run after three seasons.
“I’ve had a fantastic time over the last 12 years, both...

Taylor Swift energetically paced the room of her West Hollywood hotel on a recent visit to Los Angeles.
"I'm trying to outrun the jet lag," she said with a smile, looking far from ragged in her matching purple sweater and skirt. Before...